Nobel Tiara Prize: Round One Results!

Our first contest matched up a classic suite of diamonds and sapphires and a diamond floral tiara worn with a fabulous set of pink topazes. Queen Silvia’s 2004 Nobel appearance, featuring the Leuchtenberg Sapphires, won the day with a commanding 76.69% of the vote. The runner up was Queen Silvia’s 2008 Nobel appearance in the Connaught Diamond Tiara and the Russian Pink Topazes, which brought in 23.31% of your votes.

Two more of Queen Silvia’s Nobel appearances were also featured in a round one match-up. Though Queen Silvia’s 2018 Nobel appearance, featuring Queen Sofia’s Tiara and the Bernadotte Emeralds, was chosen by 36.43% of voters, Queen Silvia’s 2005 Nobel appearance, featuring the Cameo Parure, won with 63.57% of the vote.

That means that our first round two contest will be a meeting between Queen Silvia’s 2004 Nobel appearance in the Leuchtenberg Sapphires and Queen Silvia’s 2005 Nobel appearance in the Cameo Parure!

On the opposite side of our tiara bracket, Crown Princess Victoria was dazzling in diamonds, pearls, sapphires, and amethysts. Crown Princess Victoria’s 2005 Nobel appearance in the Baden Fringe Tiara and the Processional Jewels won the round with 63.90%, while Victoria’s 2009 Nobel appearance in the Six-Button Tiara and the Napoleonic Amethysts brought in 36.10% of the vote.

Our second contest in the “Victoria region” brought us sentimental floral diamonds and grand French imperial jewels—and it was an incredibly close match! Though Crown Princess Victoria’s 2018 Nobel appearance, featuring the Connaught Diamond Tiara, was favored by 49.49% of voters, Crown Princess Victoria’s 2016 Nobel appearance, featuring the Napoleonic Cut-Steel Tiara and the Cameo Parure, edged out the competition to win with 50.51% of the vote.

Which means that our next contest showcasing Victoria’s Nobel jewels will feature a face-off between Crown Princess Victoria’s 2005 Nobel appearance in the Baden Fringe Tiara and the Processional Jewels and Crown Princess Victoria’s 2016 Nobel appearance in the Napoleonic Cut-Steel Tiara and the Cameo Parure!

Princess Madeleine’s sparkling Nobel jewels were featured in the third section of our tiara prize bracket. In our first contest, Princess Madeleine’s 2015 Nobel appearance in the Swedish Aquamarine Kokoshnik won in a landslide with 70.77% of the vote, while Princess Madeleine’s 2012 Nobel appearance in the Napoleonic Amethysts earned 29.23% of your vote.

Next up: two different settings of Madeleine’s beloved royal wedding tiara! Princess Madeleine’s 2005 Nobel appearance in the Modern Fringe Tiara and the Connaught Diamond Drops won the day with a whopping 83.60% of the vote, while Princess Madeleine’s 2009 Nobel appearance in the Four-Button Tiara and the Modern Fringe Necklace brought in 16.40%.

That means that in round two, we’ll see a match-up between Princess Madeleine’s 2015 Nobel appearance, featuring the Swedish Aquamarine Kokoshnik, and Princess Madeleine’s 2005 Nobel appearance in the Modern Fringe Tiara and the Connaught Diamond Drops!

The fourth and final category in our tournament is the Nobel jewelry worn by one of the newest Swedish princesses, Sofia. She wears different versions of her versatile diamond palmette tiara almost every year for the festivities. In our first contest, Princess Sofia’s 2015 Nobel appearance, featuring the original emerald setting of her tiara, brought in 32.20% of the vote, but Princess Sofia’s 2022 Nobel appearance, featuring the topaz setting of her tiara, won over 67.80% of voters.

And in our final contest of the week, Princess Sofia’s 2018 Nobel appearance, featuring the pearl setting of the tiara, brought in 46.73% of the vote, but Princess Sofia’s 2019 Nobel appearance, featuring the turquoise setting of her tiara, won with 53.27% of the vote.

And that means that it’s an all-blue round two for Sofia’s Nobel jewels, with Princess Sofia’s 2022 Nobel appearance in topazes matched up against Princess Sofia’s 2019 Nobel appearance in turquoises!

Here’s our bracket for the week. Voting begins again tomorrow, with two contests on Wednesday and two more on Thursday. Can’t wait to see which Nobel looks win your votes!